MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE NOW TIED DOWN KEY PLAYER TO BUMPER DEAL WHICH MAKES THE PLAYMAKER THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER AT OLD TRAFFORD- IS THE CONTRACT JUSTIFIED? Part VIII (Conclusion)

(Part 1- 7 of the articles can be found on the Manchester United Channel website)

So, if the caliber for earning an exorbitant amount of contract at Manchester United is simply to deliver top-class performances and take the club to the highest point of success, then certainly the reason that spurred the relentless uproar which instigated the refusal to offer Paul Pogba a massive contract- a demand which was Incessantly made by the Manchester United fan base coupled with a high percentage of the English media- will then be regarded as a barely point and a valid action taken by the English media and the Manchester United.   

 

 

 

 

 

If a player has not performed to the criteria that meet the standard of a top player, then the player should not earn the level of finances reserved for an elite level player at Manchester United. 

 

 

A valid point indeed and a point that should be put into serious consideration when awarding contracts to any player at Manchester United. 

 

 

However, if the criteria of revolting against a massive contract being offered to any Manchester United player is solely embedded in the fact that any Manchester United player who is considered a top player for the club must deliver a major trophy and perform to top-caliber status each and every season for Manchester United, then where was the revolt against Manchester United's recent action of offering Bruno Fernandes with a massive new contract?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As is understood, the current contract awarded to Bruno Fernandes Is a contract built around a bumper bill that will make the Portuguese player one of the highest-paid players in the Manchester United football club. Let there be no mistaking the fact that there is joy in the idea of Manchester United presenting Bruno Fernandes as the player who has been one of the better players in the team Because, in actuality, the Portuguese mean to the had impact is one of the better players, Manchester United has had over the past three years.  

 

 

However, the fact cannot be overlooked that three years since the Portuguese playmaker signed for Manchester United, the Red Devils, realistically speaking, are yet to be any near seeing a major trophy manifest at Old Trafford. If anything, Manchester United has found Itself experiencing massive stagnation in the level of progress toward attaining top success.

This is a situation that has coincidentally manifested itself at Old Trafford since the first season of Bruno Fernandes’s career as a Manchester United player. 

 

 

 

Should Bruno Fernandes take 100% blame for the lack of success at Manchester United for the past five years at least? Absolutely not. Because, well, first of all, blaming Bruno Fernandes for the lack of major success Manchester United has been unable to attain for over six years now will be ridiculous.   

 

 

What this means is that Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes only landed at Old Trafford two years ago and Bruno Fernandes has indeed struggled in a Manchester United shirt over the past two seasons. there can be no denying that Bruno Fernandes is one of the best players Manchester United currently have in their current roster next to Christian Ronaldo, David de Gea, Jadon Sancho, Luke Shaw, Rafael Varan, and yes, Paul Pogba. (The French midfielder remains a Manchester United player for now but is 90% certified of leaving Manchester United before the end of the 2022 summer transfer window.) 

 

 

Considering how good the Portuguese playmaker has portrayed himself to be on the pitch on numerous occasions for Manchester United, the idea of not supporting the now completed move to tie down the Portuguese midfielder to the new bumper contract becomes difficult to comprehend.  

 

However, as has been made very clear, there are, unspoken, laws that guide the operations of Manchester United, and one of the major laws is that for a player to be considered a top gun at Manchester United, the player must lead Manchester United to the top. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In other words, the player must play a pivotal role in Manchester United Football club’s ascension towards winning one or two major trophies during the tenure of this elite player’s career as a Manchester United player before massive contracts such as the one offered to Bruno Fernandes is brought to the table.  

 

 

The main question to be addressed here is simple and straight to the point- considering the current Idea pondered around Manchester, England which insists that players such as Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, or Luke Shaw for that matter have not earned the right to secure exorbitant contracts during their time as Manchester United players even though these three players coupled with David de Gea and Anthony Martial (when the French striker was in form) have been the players who have kept Manchester United anywhere near relevant before the emergence of Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo, then from a purely logical standpoint, the next question which has to be presented on the table to be addressed at Manchester United Is this-

 

 

 

 

What has Bruno Fernandes done to earn this massive new contract which was recently given to the Portuguese central midfielder by Manchester United? A contract that has subsequently been signed, sealed and delivered by both Manchester United and Bruno Fernandes.  

 

How has Bruno Fernandes earned elite status at Manchester United over a handful of these players mentioned above?